July Happenings

Another year - another fabulous birthday breakfast outing with Sandra! It is the only time that I go to Village Inn & I must say - it doesn't suck! I don't think that I have ever been disappointed with my breakfast. After we stuffed our faces we went to IKEA. I needed to shop for dressers for Taylor & Rylee & we had success! I love that. I got to ride in a wheelchair....nice & not nice at the same time. I can't believe I had to ride in one before Sandra! We then headed back to Sandra's house & played a couple games of Sorry & Last Word. We managed to eat some more fabulous food too. It was a nice day!

My mother is OUT OF CONTROL! She has decided that every year for my dad's birthday we are going to have a Luau. It was fun! She made watermelon salsa, grilled pineapple & zucchini, salmon, yummy BBQ pork with chipotle mayo, and dirty drinks - with little umbrellas of course. All of the kids seem to enjoy being at Grammy's & Papa Don's for the evening. Except for Caleb. Shortly after dinner he got stung 7 times by wasps. It was so sad!! He said he was NEVER going outside again. But after 40 minutes or so, he came back out & wrestled with Griffen.

My mom had a hula hoop contest planned - the show down was between Ashley & Griffen & Griffen won! I've never been able to hula - I don't think my belly helped much. I'm going to start practicing for next year ASAP. Everyone also did the limbo. It was a fun night! Happy Birthday Dad!

A Platypus

Caleb has taken 4 weeks worth of swimming lessons this summer. He did AWESOME! He talked the teacher's ear off. He always had something to say. I hope that is a quality he never loses - that he is always able to say what is on his mind.

He loved to play on the stairs. He said he was pretending to be a platypus.

Casey & I took turns taking him to class & we both enjoyed watching him get braver each time!

The biggest problem that he had to conquer was relaxing while one his back & allowing his ears to go into the water. It really bothered him to have water in his ears, but he conquered that & passed his Level 1 swimming!

Since he has had ocean & water animals on the brain pretty much all summer he requested that we make jelly fish. Wish granted.

Weekend in Price

Casey's brother got married this weekend.  He married a very nice girl named Malissa from Price. They had a small ceremony with just family & a couple of really close friends.

We pulled up to the wedding site & Caleb said, "Is this the wedding?" I said, "Yes." In a very serious, angry voice he replied, "This isn't a wedding! This is the African Savannah!!" And boy....it was hot enough to be! Casey was Shelby's best man and walked with Malissa's sister. Caleb was quite concerned and turned to me & said, "IS DAD GETTING MARRIED TOO???"

After the wedding we had a luncheon. Tamara was so nice & made sure that Shelby & Malissa had a wedding cake. It was delicious!!! I even caught Taylor sticking her cute little fingers in it before it was cut. What a smart girl.

After the luncheon Casey & I had decided to stay an extra night in Price just for the heck of it. Casey & Caleb had a couple hours worth of swimming time while the girls & I took a nap. Caleb LOVED the pool. Casey is such a good sport & a fun dad. I was going to take the girls down - but I put them in the bathtub instead.

We went to dinner on Saturday night & then to a really neat park. The kids had a blast.

I want one of these awesome red swings in my size!! Caleb LOVED it. Casey kept pretending like Caleb was kicking him in the face & Caleb thought it was HILARIOUS. I don't know if I have ever heard the boy laugh so freaking hard.